Crystal Renn goes "Under The Knife" for French Vogue

My heart skipped a beat when I saw these images.

Although we could debate all day everyday about Crystal's weight, and whether she is a plus model or not, you cannot say she's not talented and on the road to greatness.

Her recent shoot with Tom Ford for French Vogue secures her place in fashion as a future supermodel.

Take a look at a few pics from Tom Ford's 8 page spread of Crystal Renn as Jocelyn Wildenstein, the ultimate plastic surgery addict.

 

 

 

Tom Ford really got Crystal into character for this shoot. A cast was fit for her face so that prosthetic cheeks and lips could be added. Wow! The shoot was styled by Carine Roitfeld. Google her name and you will not be disappointed.

About her new fame and how she's enjoying it, Crystal says, “What I enjoy most about my job is the opportunity to express myself, often doing this by becoming a sort of character on the shoots that I do, and every time I work with Carine I feel the character approach is emphasized. When they were taking the cast of my face, fitting me for prosthetic cheeks and lips, I remember thinking this is why I do my job, for moments like this. After the shoot I took that very mask and asked Tom to sign it, it sits in my living room as we speak.” (quote from fashionista.com)

In case you are unfamiliar with Jocelyn Wildenstein she is/was an American socialite who has had a horrible experience with plastic surgery. Take a look at her journey in this video below. (beware its kinda creepy):

 

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FASHION FAILURE: Beth Ditto in Jean Paul Gaultier S/S 2011

Nobody loves the mean fat girl, but why does the fat girl always have to look like Homey the Clown?

Everytime I think the fatosphere is beginning to shape up (no pun intended) some fat girl goes and messes it up. First Crystal Renn with those dreadful photos, now Beth Ditto.

First let me say I applaud any woman, man, child, or alien for being able to get up in front of 100's of people and be judged. But let me end that thought by saying that perhaps your friends are afraid to tell you the obvious - you look crazy! I mean so did the rest of the skinny models but times all of the foolery by 200+ pounds and you have sheer rachetness!

For the finale Ditto bursts out into a Tina Turner song and leads the models, sporting Joan Jett wigs and Doc Martens, down the runway. They all cheered but I can't help but wonder how many folks left out and asked themselves "What the ----- did she have on?"

Or do we all chalk that silly foolery up in the name of good 'ole fashion and entertainment?

WATCH: a video from the show Part 2 shows her finale around 2:00. (can you spot Crystal Renn also)

Good Model, Wrong Shot - Crystal Renn for Vogue Paris

Vogue Paris is celebrating its 90th anniversary issue this month and guess who's in it!

Our plus-size ambassador Crystal Renn.

I will be the first to say I am extremely proud that finally a model of some size is making clear movements in the fashion industry. However I really wish that Crystal would realize that she is our quarterback in the game.

This right here is a FUMBLE! I'm calling a FLAG ON THE PLAY! The fashion story was shot by Terry Richardson and it's quite disturbing. The title of the spread is FESTIN, which is French for feast. In theory, I love the concept. But was food really necessary. These same shots with perhaps clothes symbolizing the gluttony of fashion would have been sufficient. But perhaps they were thinking that had been done several times before. As a photographer, I try to look at EVERY aspect of the image. So yes the flash lighting is different, photoshop was used in moderation, and the colors are vibrant but - FOOD? The spaghetti shot just ruffles my skirt!  

Maybe I'm wrong? What do you think?

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